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INVENTDH ,ATTORNEY N.' PETERS, MIb-Umm Wanhnion, D. C..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ROUSSEAU, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,750, dated December 10, 1889. Application iiled .April 6, 18.89. Serial No. r306,269. (No model.)

' it consists of the novel features hereinafter described, whereby I cbt-ain a childs folding carriage of superior carrying power, and one which can be folded or unfolded without disconnecting the parts.

In theaccompanyin g drawings, Figurel represents a partial side View and partial longitudinal section of a childs carriage embodying my invention when it is unfolded. Fig. II represents a plan or top view thereof. Fig. III represents a partial side view and partial longitudinal section thereof when it is folded. Fig. IV represents a side View thereof provided with a handle. Fig. V represents a side View, partly in section, of one of the carriage-Wheels unfolded. Fig. VI represents a side View thereof as it appears when folded. Fig. VIIA represents a crosssection thereof. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

lThe letter A indicates two boxes forming end sections of the carriage-body, said boxes being open on the inner sides, where they face each other; and B C, respectively, are the front and rear Wheels for supporting the body. Said body-sections A are connected together by two sets of lazy-tongs D, which are arranged vertically on opposite sides of the carriage and to extend longitudinally thereof, the end members of the lazy-tongs being suitably pivoted to the inside of the body-sections, so that the -latter may be readily adjust-ed toward or-from each other in folding or unfolding the carriage, inasmuch as the lazy-tongs accommodate themselves to such adjustment, while the bodysections, moreover, are heid at a fixed level by means of said tongs.

The letter F indicates two sections of a platform forming the bottoni of the carriage'- in Fig. III. When the carriage is unfolded,

the platform-sections F rest on cross-bars o, which are arranged to connect the lower series of pivots of the respective lazy-tongs with those. of the other, said bars thus accommodating themselves to the condition of the lazy-tongs, whether folded or unfolded, and at the saine time affording a firm support to the platform.

In order to provide a strong joint, the inner or .meeting edges of the platform-sections F maybe made to overlap and at a point opposite one of the cross-bars o, as shown.

Theletters G, I indicate two pairs of semielliptic springs forming the bearings for the axles B C of the carriage-wheels B C. Said axles B C are permanently connected to the springs G I, respectively, at or near one end thereof, while at the other end said springs are hinged to the outside of the body-sections A, usually at points above the bottom thereof, as at s, the joints used for this purpose being so constructed as to permit the springs to he brought to a vertical position either below or above said joints, as shown in Figs. I and III, in one instance when the carriage is unfolded and in the other instance when it is folded. Said joints S moreover are so arranged in relation to the position of the axles B C that when the springs G I are adjusted to an upper position said axles are brought to apcint above the body-sections A, as shown in Fig. III. To one ofthe springsA G or I of each pair thereof is pivoted one end of a brace J, (best seen in Fig. IL) the other end of which isprovided with a hook or other like device to engage a suitable part of the other spring of that pair, so that said brace may be used to connect the springs together, and .thereby firmly sustain the ,saine inneither position thereof, while when the brace is disconnected it permits the desired adjustment of the springs.

The carriage-Wheels B C are made in secrool tions, (marked L,) each comprising one of the spokes and a portion of the felly, as more clearly shown in Figs. V, VI, and VII, so that each of the Wheels may be folded by adjusting its sections to the general position shown in Fig. VI, thereby permitting the Wheel to be readily introduced into the body-sections A when the latter are in juxtaposition, as shown in Fig. III. To permit said folding of the wheels, the spokes are hung loosely on the axle and pivoted to the felly, as shown, and for the purpose of retaining the Wheel in unfolded or normal position one of the sections is provided with a spring-catch L or otherV similar device'adapted to lock it to an adjacent section. A clip L is pivoted to the felly portion of each wheel-section in such manner as to embrace a corresponding portion of an adjacent section when the wheel is folded, thereby holding the sections in xed relation to each other, as shown in Fig. VI, each of said clips being brought inside of the felly and in line therewith when the Wheel is unfolded, as shown in Fig. V.

Referring to Fig. IV, the letter N indicates a handle for' pushing the carriage, the inner end of which handle is fitted in a socket N on the outside of one of the body-sections A, and secured by a pin or catch N2 to permit removal of the handle. At a point near its inner end said handle N is provided with a double hook P, and when the handle is detached from the carriage said hook is made to engage with studs P, one on each of the body-sections A,Which are affixed to the sections for that purpose, so that the handle may act as a support for the folded carriage in transportation, while it also assists, by means of the double hook engaging said studs, to hold the body-sections together, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. VI'.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. In-a childs folding carriage, two independent body-sections A, two sets of lazytongs D, connecting the body-sections, platform-sections F, hinged to the body-sections, and cross-bars o, connecting the lower pivots of the lazy-tongs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a childs folding carriage, two independent body-sections A, two sets of lazytongs D, connecting the body-sections, semielliptic springs G I, hinged to the body-sections, and folding Wheels connected to said springs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a childs folding carriage, two -independent body-sections A, two sets of lazytongs D,connecting the body-sections, a handle N, having a double hook P, and studs P on the body-sections for engaging said hook of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A folding carriage-Wheel made in sections, each comprising one of the spokes and a portion of the felly, and means for connecting the sections, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES ROUSSEAU.

IVitnesses:

FRANCIS C. BOWEN, JAMES S. EWBANK. 

